Alejandro Sancho | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Alejandro Sancho | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 147.4 lb (67 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Born | Miami, Florida, U.S. | March 18, 1994||||||||||||||
Olympic team | United States of America | ||||||||||||||
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Alejandro Sancho (born March 18, 1994) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler.[1]
Sancho first started wrestling at South Miami High School in South Miami, Florida.[2]
Sancho defeated former Olympian Ellis Coleman in the U.S. Olympic Trials to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics at 67 kg.[3] He entered the Trials as the reigning World Team member, earning qualification for the weight at the 2020 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament.[4]
At the 2023 Pritchard Companies U.S. Open, Sancho was pinned by high-school athlete and U17 world champion Joel Adams.[5]
Sancho is part of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program, holding a rank of Specialist.[6]